JoltandBleed – Oracle issued an emergency patch for vulnerabilities affecting several of its products that rely on the proprietary Jolt protocol. Oracle issued an emergency patch for vulnerabilities affecting several of its products that rely on the proprietary Jolt protocol. The vulnerabilities were reported by experts at ERPScan who named the set of five vulnerabilities JoltandBleed. The most critical flaw […]
Kaspersky Lab publishes a full technical report related to hack of its antivirus software to steal NSA hacking code. In October, anonymous source claimed that in 2015 the Russian intelligence stole NSA cyber weapons from the PC of one of its employees that was running the Kaspersky antivirus. Kaspersky denies any direct involvement and provided further details […]
The Terdot banking Trojan isn’t a novelty in the threat landscape, it has been around since mid-2016, and now it is reappearing on the scenes. According to Bitdefender experts, vxers have improved the threat across the years, implementing credential harvesting features as well as social media account monitoring functionality. The Terdot banking Trojan is based on the Zeus […]
Cisco issued a security advisory warning of a vulnerability in Cisco Voice Operating System software platform that affects at least 12 products. The tech giant Cisco issued a security advisory warning of a vulnerability in Cisco Voice Operating System software platform that could be triggered by an unauthenticated, remote hacker to gain unauthorized and elevated access to vulnerable […]
A researcher from Finland-based company Klikki Oy has discovered several vulnerabilities in the Formidable Forms plugin that expose websites to attacks. The researcher Jouko Pynnönen from Finland-based company Klikki Oy has discovered several vulnerabilities in the Formidable Forms plugin the expose websites to attacks. The Formidable Forms plugin allows users to easily create contact pages, polls and surveys, and many other kinds […]
Ops, a 17-Year-Old flaw in MS Office, tracked as CVE-2017-11882, could be exploited by remote attackers to install a malware without user interaction. Ops, a 17-Year-Old vulnerability in MS Office could be exploited by remote attackers to install a malware without user interaction. The flaw is a memory-corruption issue that affects all versions of Microsoft […]
Powerdown the PowerShell Attacks : Harnessing the power of logs to monitor the PowerShell activities Lately, I have been working on analyzing the PowerShell attacks in my clients’ environment. Based on the analysis and research, I have come up with a few indicators that will help to detect the potential PowerShell attacks in your environment […]
Expert discovered a backdoor in OnePlus devices that allows root access without unlocking the bootloader. Other problems for the owners of the OnePlus smartphone, this time experts discovered a backdoor that allows root access without unlocking the bootloader. Just over a month after OnePlus was caught collecting personally identifiable information on its users, the Chinese smartphone company has been […]
A group of researchers hacked Apple iPhone X Face ID facial recognition technology by using a 3D-Printed Mask that costs less than $150. On November 3, Apple released its new iPhone X and a few days later a group of researchers from Vietnamese cybersecurity firm Bkav has claimed to have hacked Apple’s Face ID facial recognition technology by using […]
Experts at Palo Alto Networks have discovered a new malware family named Reaver with ties to hackers who use the SunOrcal malware. A China-linked cyber espionage group has developed a new strain of malware, dubbed Reaver, that was already observed in highly targeted attacks during 2016. The malware was analyzed by experts at Palo Alto Networks, who spotted […]